Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . ahost of the old Bostonians, Governors Bellingham, Dimimer,Hancock, Adams, Bowdoin, Gushing, Sullivan, Eustis, andSumner lie beneath the sod in this cemetery. The celebratedsurgeon. Dr. John Jeffries, Uriah Cotting, Rev. Messrs. Eckley,Belknap, Stillman, Lathrop, and Baldwin, and Judge Sewalland John Hull, were also entombed here. The BeUingham family becoming extinct, his tomb wasgiven to the family of Governor James SuUivan. It lies onthe west side of the enclosure. The Faneuil inscription waschiselled Funal by some awkward hand, who thus cli
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . ahost of the old Bostonians, Governors Bellingham, Dimimer,Hancock, Adams, Bowdoin, Gushing, Sullivan, Eustis, andSumner lie beneath the sod in this cemetery. The celebratedsurgeon. Dr. John Jeffries, Uriah Cotting, Rev. Messrs. Eckley,Belknap, Stillman, Lathrop, and Baldwin, and Judge Sewalland John Hull, were also entombed here. The BeUingham family becoming extinct, his tomb wasgiven to the family of Governor James SuUivan. It lies onthe west side of the enclosure. The Faneuil inscription waschiselled Funal by some awkward hand, who thus clipped theold Huguenot patronymic of its due proportions. GovernorHancocks tomb is on the Park Street side. His remains, afterlying eight days in state, were brought to their last resting-place by an immense concourse of people. The venerable A TOUR KOUND THE COMMON. 297 Samuel Adams followed tlie bier until fatigue compelled himto retire. It was one of the greatest funeral pageants Bostonhad seen. The ranks of the jirocession were swelled by the. GRANARY liURYlNG-GROUND. militia of town and country. The Judges of the SupremeCourt on this occasion made their last appearance in their bigwigs and black silk gowns. They were followed by the barris-ters in black gowns and club wigs. General Warrens remains were placed in the tomb of theMinots, next to that of Hancock, and immediately in rear ofthe residence of Dr. J. C. Warren, after they were exhumed atBunker Hill. The cemetery acquires an even greater interest from beingthe place where the victims of the Boston Massacre were funeral was conducted with great pomp ; but althoughtheir martyrdom has been heralded as the foundation-stone ofAmerican Liberty, the remains of the slaughtered Bostonians13* 298 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. liave received no fitting testimonial from tlieir .spot is in the extreme northeast corner of the yanl,identified by two bronze markers. The Franklin cenotaph stands out in bold relief i
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